This setting a classic example of why Venice works so well on screen: its dark, atmospheric courtyards and streets are perfectly suited as a stage for the wry Shakespearean dialogue between Al Pacino and Jeremy Irons.

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Apple is notorious for keeping its plans in the dark, and one of the reasons it's so tight-lipped is because it can be.

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And so its swift fall as talent fire sale to Apple (the site goes dark shortly) could easily come with some bruised egos.

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Plus, its low-profile keys are backlit so you can easily navigate your favorite entertainment, even in the dark.

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"Einstein's theory of general relativity tells us that mass bends space and time, so when light comes toward us through the Universe, if it passes some dark matter, its light gets bent and the image we see gets bent and distorted, " Dr Heymans told the meeting.

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Given their abundance, neutrinos with even a minuscule mass would account for much or all of the so-called dark matter of the universe stuff that astronomers know is there because of its gravitational influence, but cannot actually see.

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The sister had fallen forward, so there was no face to be seen, just her great flowery swathed knees and dark hair with its elaborate and outdated coiffure.

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